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NHC AL071926 · Atlantic basin

Unnamed Hurricane of 1926 — the Great Miami Hurricane

September 11, 1926 – September 22, 1926

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Unnamed 1926 storm peaked at Category 4 with 150 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 350 US cities, 194 of them while still at hurricane strength.

The Great Miami Hurricane in the record

HURDAT2 tracks the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 for 11 days, from September 11, 1926 to September 22, 1926. Its first position, at 15.4°N 46.0°W, records it as a tropical storm; its last, at 30.7°N 92.9°W, as a tropical depression. Its peak was 150 mph (130 knots), Category 4, on September 16, and its lowest central pressure was 930 millibars on September 18. It spent about 9 days at hurricane strength. HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site; they were on September 18 at 144 mph (Category 4), 3 miles from Palmetto Bay, FL; on September 20 at 115 mph (Category 3), 4 miles from Orange Beach, AL. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 350 US cities, in 4 states, most in Florida (164) and Louisiana (102), between September 18 and September 22. The strongest pass was 144 mph (Category 4) 10 miles from Key Biscayne, FL; the centre came closest to Hammond, LA, less than a mile away. 194 of the cities had it at hurricane strength at the closest point, 154 at major-hurricane strength. It reached more US cities than 74% of the 737 storms on this site, and ranks 2nd of the 4 storms of 1926 here.

HURDAT2 lists this storm as AL071926 without a name; "Great Miami Hurricane of 1926" is the name the National Hurricane Center uses on its Hurricanes in History page.

Peak strength
Category 4

150 mph

Cities within 75 mi
350
At hurricane strength
194

when closest

States
4
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Cities Unnamed 1926 storm passed near, strongest first

Florida (164)

and 104 more

Alabama (34)

Mississippi (50)

Louisiana (102)

and 42 more

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.